tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post7375586872091093056..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: A Request and a Frustrated ARGHJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-14787391230961240172009-04-13T16:01:00.000+03:002009-04-13T16:01:00.000+03:00I'm waiting for one more interview to be sent back...I'm waiting for one more interview to be sent back to me and then I'll be posting a few at once on the website.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, a reader has started an interesting conversation about his own essay <A HREF="http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/lotfp/484198-heavy-misunderstandings.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-47952598456297784622009-04-13T13:17:00.000+03:002009-04-13T13:17:00.000+03:00Oh goddammit man for once I agree with you wholehe...Oh goddammit man for once I agree with you wholeheartedly and without reservation. Admittedly I don't take my love of metal 100% seriously all of the time, but there is honestly nothing, <I>nothing</I> ironic about it. As <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10455515784321858187" REL="nofollow">a better man than me</A> pointed out, 'just becaue I'm laughing, doesn't mean it's a joke.'<BR/><BR/>And frankly there is nothing worse than seeing a bunch of twots who clearly don't care about any of it pick out the most superficial elements of metal and parade them around like they actually mean anything. 'Spikes and skulls'? Fuck off. <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, more metal material online please (I would subscribe to your newsletter, so to speak, but I don't have a credit card and frankly Paypal sets off my paranoia something awful). Thanks.lrdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01900523416216122890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-76762101080717108442009-04-12T10:00:00.000+03:002009-04-12T10:00:00.000+03:00Congrats on the rising popularity. You've certain...Congrats on the rising popularity. You've certainly earned it. :Dtrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-75798125648576612572009-04-11T00:16:00.000+03:002009-04-11T00:16:00.000+03:00rpg.net has far too many Forum Hipsters "TURN...rpg.net has far too many Forum Hipsters "TURNING IT UP TO 11" and jerking each other off, randomly smashing tropes together in Ironic Combinations and pretending the brainless, soulless result is "gonzo" or whatever.<BR/><BR/>I'm vexed by that superior detached poseur shit where people play up and wallow in the most superficial aspects of "old school" or "metal" or "gonzo," with an implicit wink because it's ACTUALLY SO UNCOOL. They don't bother digging any deeper than the surface, which is fine, game however you like. But tourists shouldn't be surprised if us natives occasionally come off as less than awed by the uninformed, unnuanced, insulting opinions they offer about stuff we actually love and understand.<BR/><BR/>Nothing good comes out of me discussing things with most gamers online. We just don't have a lot in common and aren't looking for the same things. We're from different planets. Since I don't voluntarily seek out vexation, I just leave forums alone and avoid them for the most part. I love to talk about weird shit with genuine kindred spirits, but I don't like being smirked at by some bunch of douchebags.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, long day, venting a little. But just from having read your blog, I can't imagine you being anything other than frustrated by any discussion on the rpg.net Open or D&D forums.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155926145150934199noreply@blogger.com